# Term

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'''Term''' may refer to:
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==Language==
*[Terminology](/source/Terminology), context-specific nouns or compound words
**[Technical term](/source/Technical_term) (or ''term of art''), used by specialists in a field
***[Scientific terminology](/source/Scientific_terminology), used by scientists
*[Term (argumentation)](/source/Term_(argumentation)), part of an argument in debate theory

==Law and finance==
*[Contractual term](/source/Contractual_term), a provision in a contract
**[Credit](/source/Credit) repayment terms
**[Payment terms](/source/Payment_terms), "net ''D''" on a trade invoice
**[Purchase order](/source/Purchase_order), invoice terms more generally
*[Term life insurance](/source/Term_life_insurance)

==Lengths of time==
*[Academic term](/source/Academic_term), part of a year at school or university
*[Term of office](/source/Term_of_office), a set period a person serves in an elected office
*[Term of patent](/source/Term_of_patent), the period of enforcement of patent rights
*Term of a [pregnancy](/source/pregnancy)
*[Prison sentence](/source/Prison_sentence)

==Mathematics and physics==
*[Term (logic)](/source/Term_(logic)), a component of a logical or mathematical expression (not to be confused with term logic, or Aristotelian logic)
**[Ground term](/source/Ground_term), a term with no variables
*[Term (arithmetic)](/source/Term_(arithmetic)), or addend, an operand to the addition operator
**Term of a summation, a polynomial, or a series, a special case of a [summand](/source/summand)
*[Term algebra](/source/Term_algebra), a freely generated algebraic structure
*[Term logic](/source/Term_logic), an approach to logic that began with Aristotle and that was dominant until the advent of modern predicate logic
*[Term symbol](/source/Term_symbol), a concept in quantum mechanics

==Other uses==
*[Term (architecture)](/source/Term_(architecture)) or terminal form, a human head and bust that continues as a square tapering pillar-like form
*[Term (computers)](/source/Term_(computers)) or terminal emulator, a program that emulates a video terminal
*[Term, Iran](/source/Term%2C_Iran), a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
*[Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring](/source/Telecom_Enforcement_Resource_and_Monitoring), an agency of the Indian Department of Telecommunications

==See also==
*[Maxterms](/source/Maxterms) and [minterms](/source/minterms), in Boolean algebra
*[Terme (disambiguation)](/source/Terme_(disambiguation))
*[Termeh](/source/Termeh), a type of textile
*[Tern (disambiguation)](/source/Tern_(disambiguation))

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